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As a result of the 2008 financial and mortgage crisis, a hefty 5.8% increase in COLA was applied in 2009, the most significant increase that Social Security benefits had seen since 1982.
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments help retirees keep up with rising costs of living. Here's what a typical increase looks like. ... Last year, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA ...
The average COLA: A snapshot in history The Social Security program has existed since 1935, but COLAs were not introduced until the mid-1970s. Back then, the adjustments were much larger than they ...
Social Security payments saw a big bump in 2022 due to high inflation. Seniors saw an 8.7% increase in payments, which is the biggest Social Security annual increase since 1981. But in 2023, the...
The annual Social Security COLA is based on the third-quarter change in the CPI-W, or Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. In July, the index rose 2.9%. In July, the ...
In the early morning hours of Oct. 10, the SSA lifted the hood on the 2025 COLA, which offers something of a good news/bad news scenario for Social Security recipients in the upcoming year.
In 1981, the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security was a whopping 11.2%, which was a huge leap at the time. Since then, adjustments have not seen that big of a bump until 2022’s 5. ...
Source: Social Security Administration. Chart by author. For some perspective, the average COLA since 1975 is 3.75%. The highest-ever COLA was 14.3% in 1980. In 2010, 2011, and 2016, there were no ...